Father Bernard R. Hubbard, S.J., Photograph Collection, 1891-1962
Content Description
This collection of photographs and manuscript materials document Father Hubbard’s active and productive life as “The Glacier Priest.” The Aleutian Islands, Southeast Alaska, King Island, Kodiak Island, the Brooks Range and northern Alaska are a few of the locations portrayed. Subjects include the Alaska native people and their traditional crafts and activities such as walrus hunting, volcanoes, mountains, plants and animals, and Father Hubbard. Papers and manuscripts (few) are numbered 1000-1026.
Dates
- 1891-1962
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is available for viewing; however, the photographs may not be photocopied.
Conditions Governing Use
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.
Biographical / Historical
A member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order) from 1908, Father Hubbard was sent to Alaska in 1926. Over the next 30 years he led Alaska research expeditions, studied glaciers, volcanoes, anthropology and other subjects. Most of his life was spent lecturing and teaching around the world.
Father Hubbard spent a year on King Island as part of a study of Arctic Eskimos and Indians then undertook a 2,000 mile umiak journey in the Arctic Ocean to prove that the Eskimos, from Nome to Barter Island, shared a common language. He spent 1943 and 1944 on Attu Island as chaplain to the Seabees. From 1945-1947, he lectured to the Armed Forces in Europe and surveyed American-staffed Jesuit missions around the world. In 1948, he served as consultant to the military in Alaska. Father Hubbard was world-renowned for his popular lectures and films.
Bernard Rosecrans Hubbard was born November 24, 1888, in San Francisco, California. He was educated in the United States and Austria, and was a faculty member at the University of Santa Clara, California for over 40 years. He died there at the age of 73 on May 28, 1962.
Extent
5 boxes : approximately 1445 photographs ; approximately 27 Papers and manuscripts
Language of Materials
English
Acquisition
William S. Dixon, of Cool, California, donated the collection of photographs and manuscripts in July of 1988 (Acc. No. 1988-053). Candy Waugaman of Fairbanks, Alaska, donated additional photographs in 1995 (Acc. No. 1995-035) and 1997.
Existence and Location of Copies
Some photographs in this collection have been digitized and are available to view via Alaska's Digital Archives.
Processing Information
The photos are numbered and sleeved in Mylar. A subject-level inventory is available.
SUBJECT INDEX
1 – 2: Akutan; 3 – 43: Alaska natives; 44-54: Aniakchak; 55-59: Attu; 60: Bogoslof Island; 61-66: False Pass;
67-232: FATHER HUBBARD PORTRAITS:
67 – 91: Early years as priest and teacher, California; 92 - 128, 138: Alaska, including volcano expeditions; 129 – 137: California, etc.; 139 – 163: Europe, World War II era, Mediterranean Sea, Asia; 164 – 195: Alaska expeditions, California; 196 – 232: Later years, lectures, California; 208 – 209: Umiak trip;
252 – 266: Juneau
BOX 2 - PHOTOGRAPHS (#267 – 583)
267 – 277: Katmai; 278 – 314: King Island Eskimos; 315 – 350: King Island ivory carving; 315 – 322: Walrus hunt; 323 – 350: Ivory carving process; 351 – 352: Kodiak Island; 353 – 412: Miscellaneous Alaska scenery, cabins, expedition views, oomiak voyage, ships ; 413 – 458: Mountains. [Includes U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1929]; 459 – 467: North Pole; 468 – 493: People; 494 – 525: Plants and animals; 526 – 534: Religious scenes; 535 – 539: Shishaldin Volcano;
540 – 565: SOUTHEAST ALASKA (including U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1929):
540 – 549: Ketchikan; 550: Petersburg; 551: Sitka; 552: Skagway; 553: Snettisham; 554 – 555: Taku Harbor/camp; 556 – 558: Taku River; 559 – 560: Tracy Arm/Endicott Arm; 561: Yakutat area; 562: Wrangell; 563 - 565a: Unidentified;
566 – 568: Southwest Alaska; 569 – 577: Totem poles; 578 – 580: Unalakleet; 581 – 583: Unimak Island
BOX 3 - PHOTOGRAPHS (#584 – 999) and PAPERS AND MANUSCRIPTS (#1000 – 1026) and duplicate photographs
584 – 599: Valley of 10,000 Smokes ; 594 – 599: Novarupta ; 600 – 606: Yukon River and Brooks Range ;
607 – 659: NON-ALASKA PHOTOGRAPHS:
607 – 621: United States; 622 – 643: Europe; 644 – 648: Middle East; 649 – 658: Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands; 659: Nicaragua ;
660 – 711: Unidentified ; 712 – 789: Miscellaneous (King Island, mountains, people) (Acc. #1995-035) ; 790 – 999: No photographs
PAPERS AND MANUSCRIPTS
1000-1002: Resumes ; 1003: Chronological summary of activities/projects/education, etc. ; 1004: Funeral program ; 1005: “Dedications.” Reprinted from the University of Santa Clara Yearbook, 1957, 3 pp. ; 1006: “Father Hubbard, Glacier Priest.” Friends, December 1964, p. 28-30. ; 1007: Hubbard, Bernard R., S.J. “A World Inside a Mountain; Aniakchak...” from National Geographic, v. 60, no. 3, Sept. 1931, p. 319-345. ; 1008: O’Toole, Felton, S.J. “Glacier Priest.” From Western Jesuit, v. 35, no. 3, February 1959, p. 4-23. ; 1009: Regan, Bill. “Conquering Alaskan Fjords,” p. 24-25. ; 1010: Regan, William V. “Alaska Diary.” Santa Clara Magazine, v. 24, no. 4, Summer 1987, p. 10-17. ; 1011: Valentry, Duane. “An Interview with Father Bernard Hubbard, S.J., from The Queen’s Work, June 1959, p. 16-17. ; 1012-1013: Hand-written draft and typescript for talk on King Island. ; 1014-1018: News clippings ; 1019: “Blue Ice” lecture sponsored by the Annunciation Women, Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Nov. 30, 1953. ; 1020: “25 Years on the Top of the World” and “In an Alaskan Fiord,” lectures sponsored by the United Veteran’s Council of Saginaw Co., Saginaw [Michigan], March 10, 1954. ; 1021: Handbill for “The Aleutian Battleground,” Palm Beach [Cal.?], February 2, ca. 1944. ; 1022: “The Blue Ice” lecture in Toronto, Canada, Dec. 2, 1953. ; 1023: Christmas card: University of Santa Clara, with painting “Mission Santa Clara,” by Michele Cascella, ca. 1961. ; 1024: Label, “Hubbard-Laboratories, University of Santa Clara.” ; 1025 – 1026: News clippings
BOX 4 – PHOTOGRAPHS (#1027 – 1539 added in 1997)
1027-1056: Dogs ; 1057-1071: Father Hubbard ; 1072-1132: Glaciers ; 1133-1144: Hunting scenes ; 1145-1166: Individuals ; 1167-1280: Native people ; 1281-1304: People with dogs ; 1305-1333: People in the wilderness ; 1334-1369: Places, villages, towns ; 1370-1539: Scenics
BOX 5 – PHOTOGRAPHS (#1540 – 1682)
1540 – 1616: Scenics, Alaska Glaciers, etc. ; 1617 – 1657: Ships, Outboard, Maritime, etc. ; 1658 – 1664: Volcanoes ; 1665 – 1676: Wildlife
PRINTS FOR #1677 – 1680 ARE LOCATED IN PCA/PANORAMAS X-OVERSIZE, Map Case #4 in Vault. Photocopy prints for images #1677 – 1680 are from scans made of Core file negatives 01-2553 to 01-2556. To view original prints please see images in PCA/Panoramas X-Oversize, Map Case in Vault.
1677: Father Hubbard and Alaska Brown Bear, Alaska Peninsula (01-2553) ; 1678: Inside erupting gas and lava, Aniakchak Crater, Alaska (01-2554) ; 1679: [Father Hubbard beside rock signed] "University of Santa Clara 1929" (01-2555) ; 1680: Fr. Hubbard and Lake Teslin Trout [by car] (01-2556) ;
1681: [Pan American Airways System airplane in water, boat with four men by nose of airplane] ;
1682: [Barge on river; postcard]
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Father Bernard R. Hubbard, S.J., Photograph Collection, 1891-1962
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: Marilyn Kwock and Ellen FitzGerald, 1988 and 1995; Updated by: Jim Simard, April 2008; Updated by: Jacki Swearingen, May 2014; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Melissa Scriven, April 2019 ; Index Added by: Connie Hamann
- Date
- 2021 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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